OT: Big Car Versus Small Car: IIHS confirms the law of physics.

[ucodegen]

I found the reporting on the article on the safety of microcars when in collisions with SUVs to be biased. I do agree that passenger compartment intrusion is a serious problem though. If you look at the damage to the ‘A-column’ that the 3 microcars show, only the Mercedes Smartcar’s ‘A-column’ stayed intact and the passenger compartment was not intruded upon in the crash. The narration tries to make is sound bad, though, by saying it nearly flipped. Well guess what. A Ford Expedition SUV often flips when one of its tires looses it tread or rapidly decompresses, much less getting into an accident. High CG’d SUVs are more likely to flip when hit from the side by a car than car would be.

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[paramount]

“A Ford Expedition SUV often flips when one of its tires looses it tread or rapidly decompresses, much less getting into an accident.”

And yet if you look at the overall death rates of an Expedition it is lower than average.

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“A Ford Expedition SUV often flips when one of its tires looses it tread or rapidly decompresses, much less getting into an accident.”

And yet if you look at the overall death rates of an Expedition it is lower than average.

[paramount]

“A Ford Expedition SUV often flips when one of its tires looses it tread or rapidly decompresses, much less getting into an accident.”

And yet if you look at the overall death rates of an Expedition it is lower than average.

[paramount]

“A Ford Expedition SUV often flips when one of its tires looses it tread or rapidly decompresses, much less getting into an accident.”

And yet if you look at the overall death rates of an Expedition it is lower than average.

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“A Ford Expedition SUV often flips when one of its tires looses it tread or rapidly decompresses, much less getting into an accident.”

And yet if you look at the overall death rates of an Expedition it is lower than average.

[creechrr]

I think the problem isn’t with any particular vehicle. The real problem is the drivers of the vehicles. Whether large or small there is a tendancy to over estimate the capabilities of both the driver and the vehicle. When the limits of both machine and driver are exceeded havoc ensues.

I have heard several people say that they prefer a large vehicle because it’s safer. My first thought is, safer for whom? The potential damage inflicted upon a person or object by a 2500-3000 lbs. vehicle is much less than that of a 4000-6000 lbs. vehicle. This is simple physics.

This country (this is the only country I have ever driven in) has experienced a vehicular arms race of sorts. In my experience drivers of larger vehicles tend to believe that “right of way” is assigned by tonnage.

[creechrr]

I think the problem isn’t with any particular vehicle. The real problem is the drivers of the vehicles. Whether large or small there is a tendancy to over estimate the capabilities of both the driver and the vehicle. When the limits of both machine and driver are exceeded havoc ensues.

I have heard several people say that they prefer a large vehicle because it’s safer. My first thought is, safer for whom? The potential damage inflicted upon a person or object by a 2500-3000 lbs. vehicle is much less than that of a 4000-6000 lbs. vehicle. This is simple physics.

This country (this is the only country I have ever driven in) has experienced a vehicular arms race of sorts. In my experience drivers of larger vehicles tend to believe that “right of way” is assigned by tonnage.

[creechrr]

I think the problem isn’t with any particular vehicle. The real problem is the drivers of the vehicles. Whether large or small there is a tendancy to over estimate the capabilities of both the driver and the vehicle. When the limits of both machine and driver are exceeded havoc ensues.

I have heard several people say that they prefer a large vehicle because it’s safer. My first thought is, safer for whom? The potential damage inflicted upon a person or object by a 2500-3000 lbs. vehicle is much less than that of a 4000-6000 lbs. vehicle. This is simple physics.

This country (this is the only country I have ever driven in) has experienced a vehicular arms race of sorts. In my experience drivers of larger vehicles tend to believe that “right of way” is assigned by tonnage.

[creechrr]

I think the problem isn’t with any particular vehicle. The real problem is the drivers of the vehicles. Whether large or small there is a tendancy to over estimate the capabilities of both the driver and the vehicle. When the limits of both machine and driver are exceeded havoc ensues.

I have heard several people say that they prefer a large vehicle because it’s safer. My first thought is, safer for whom? The potential damage inflicted upon a person or object by a 2500-3000 lbs. vehicle is much less than that of a 4000-6000 lbs. vehicle. This is simple physics.

This country (this is the only country I have ever driven in) has experienced a vehicular arms race of sorts. In my experience drivers of larger vehicles tend to believe that “right of way” is assigned by tonnage.

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